Supreme Court Overrules Barack Obama In Landmark Case, Limits EPA's Ability To Reduce Emissions - MAGA Conservative

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : For instance, a separate section of the statute empowers EPA to require the "degree of reduction achievable through the retrofit application of the best system of continuous emission reduction."
51% : "But the only interpretive question before us, and the only one we answer, is more narrow: whether the "best system of emission reduction" identified by EPA in the Clean Power Plan was within the authority granted to the Agency in Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
48% : For the reasons given, the answer is no.5"Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible 'solution to the crisis of the day.'
48% : "But it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme in Section 111(d).
45% :"To be sure, it is pertinent to our analysis that EPA has acted consistent with such a limitation for the first four decades of the statute's existence.
39% : "A coalition of states and coal companies sued, saying the Clean Air Act gave the government authority only to restrict pollution from specific power plants, not to require power companies to shift to different methods of generation.
7% : The Supreme Court overruled former President Barack Obama and dealt a massive blow to President Joe Biden and the Democrats Thursday by curbing the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants.

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